NEC and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction develop DokoMinaPhone, a multi-lingual speech translation app with simultaneous message broadcast function
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
TOKYO, Mar 30, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed a multilingual speech translation system with a simultaneous message broadcast function in cooperation with SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD. (Sumitomo Mitsui Construction) to support communications in environments where different languages are used, such as construction sites.
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- TOKYO, Mar 30, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed a multilingual speech translation system with a simultaneous message broadcast function in cooperation with SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD. (Sumitomo Mitsui Construction) to support communications in environments where different languages are used, such as construction sites.
- This system has been adopted by Sumitomo Mitsui Construction's "DoKoMinaPhone" smartphone application, making it is possible to broadcast translations to all users or designated working groups at once.
- In order to solve this issue, this system has first been developed to provide voice translation and simultaneous broadcasting between Japanese and English.
- Moreover, in order to continually improve services, NEC will gather feedback from on-site workers who have actually used this system.